Anna Gilmore

Anna Gilmore is a counsellor with ten years' experience who values working with a diverse range of people. She says she feels privileged to be trusted with clients' inner thoughts and experiences and approaches each person with respect, recognising the uniqueness of every individual.

Her professional background spans voluntary and paid roles across the mental health and charity sectors. Anna served for eight years as a committee member for Women’s Aid, spent two years working for Mind, worked for one year in a secondary school counselling pupils aged 11-18, and volunteered for four years at Rape Crisis. She also provides counselling for Sporting Chance, the charity founded by former Arsenal and England captain Tony Adams MBE, supporting elite athletes from sports such as football, squash and horse racing. In addition, she works two days a week at Woman’s Trust, a London-based specialist mental health charity, supporting women who have experienced domestic abuse.

Anna has helped people with many issues, including eating disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, alcohol and drug misuse, self-harm, incest, physical trauma, sports injury, rape and physical abuse, pre-trial therapy, domestic violence and psychological control, child separation, sexuality, depression, self-destructive tendencies, personality disorders, insomnia, divorce, career progression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, anger and low self-esteem.

She is a BACP accredited therapist and a member of the BACP, practising in line with their ethical framework. Anna holds a BSc (Hons) in Reflective Therapeutic Practice and an MSc from Kings College London in Psychology and Neuroscience. Her additional training includes qualifications in couples counselling, clinical supervision, safeguarding, sexual oppression and domestic violence, autism awareness and eating disorders. She also holds a full DBS check, professional indemnity insurance and has undertaken extensive research into mood disorders.